The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2017

Whenever the opportunity arises, sign up to be a tutor. Treisman says that being a tutor has an enormous psychological benefit for black and Latino students. When you’re a tutor for other students, you begin to understand at a deep level that you belong there and you can be successful. We have to immunize them against that.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

And in the past, administrators at some colleges have replaced their services with all-encompassing tutoring centers or third party organizations, Wynn Perdue adds. AI can serve as a supplement to a human tutor, Mills says. Johnson and her team train their tutors to teach students about how AI can be useful in the writing process.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., Later, they may do one-on-one or small group tutoring. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Findings from learning analytics research is also being used to help train new generative AI-powered tutoring systems.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

When product developers at UPchieve, a nonprofit that connects students with free math tutoring powered by human volunteers, began evaluating AI tools to power a system for forecasting student performance, they expected to find serious problems with bias. Check out last week’s post here.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Also: Our continued coverage of the collapse of China’s online tutoring market, and its global ramifications, became required reading for anyone interested in education. Some will keep tutoring, even if they are driven underground or are forced to take lower rates. That means calls for teachers to practice self-care are not enough.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2024

He took college classes for credit, received tutoring and advising and learned about other services available on campus and where to find them. “I The clubs displayed cultural flags and handmade posters, blasted music and enticed potential recruits with Skittles, Kit Kats and Oreos.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. One possible answer is investing in more inclusive partnerships.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A lot of times, [parents] let it go for a long time because it’s culturally acceptable to be bad at math,” said Heather Brand, a math specialist and operations manager for the tutoring organization Made for Math. Some students attend tutoring up to four days a week, at a cost of up to $1,000 a month.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

In 10th grade, for some extra cash, Campbell signed up to tutor elementary school students through a literacy program in her hometown of Washington, D.C. It is an afterschool program where high school students are hired and trained to tutor elementary school students to try to improve their reading scores. I just liked the money.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2020

Several programs aimed at keeping incoming freshmen on track for college and others that provide tutoring to elementary students are scooping up jobless undergraduates as mentors in relationships that benefit everyone. So he applied to the Tennessee Tutoring Corps. They also help build a college-going culture, according to Myers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

But it has also added new ways beyond the one-time placement test for students to qualify for higher level math courses, and increased support — including in-school tutoring and longer class periods — for students who’ve shown promise in the subject. She decided to talk with her principal at the time, Lisa Witcher. They just kind of help me.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Time spent finding materials is time not spent giving students feedback, tailoring existing lessons for students or giving students one-to-one tutoring help. Many said that their existing materials weren’t connected to their students’ languages and cultures. One problem is that it’s time consuming.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

His teacher referred him to Reading Quest , the nonprofit I run, where he could receive free, weekly personalized tutoring. Juan Pablo of Sante Fe, with his tutor Eli Feliciano, made great strides in reading during the spring and summer. Look for books that honor and celebrate your child’s culture and language but don’t push it.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Before, out-of-school suspension risked academic setback for students, says Dr. Robinson, since it was sometimes logistically difficult to arrange tutors. Related: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring. This will be part of our Murray culture now,” says Superintendent Jennifer Covington.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Wylie, who has trained in therapeutic crisis intervention, now works with kids in grades 6 to 12 who have been suspended from their home schools and are attending tutoring at the district’s Washington Irving Educational Center, where the diversion program is housed. Credit: Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

Campus culture is a major factor in student success, research has found. Ashtabula regularly has more than a dozen tutors available, and can increase the number depending on need, said Carol Jones, coordinator of academic services. Related: Black college students in Illinois get the short end of the financial stick.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

There is the Circle Of Indigenous Nations (COIN), an academic and social support office where students can get tutoring, meet Native mentors through an elders-in-residence program and participate in on-campus ceremonies and events with other Native students from across the country. And, you know, it can be very frustrating and alienating.”.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Summer and after-school programming, tutoring, truancy intervention, teacher hiring and training, and improved data systems are all part of the solution. SEL can help schools foster a culture of understanding and acceptance. In response, districts are deploying a multi-pronged approach to learning recovery.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Jake Price, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington AI can serve as a tutor, giving a student who is floundering with a problem immediate feedback. Min Sun, a University of Washington education professor, thinks students should use ChatGPT like a personal tutor.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

Dominican launched the Center for Cultural Liberation in 2020 to provide students of color with a place to gain a sense of belonging. In the classroom, faculty must be held accountable for creating a culture that views each student as the master of their education. We try to see students’ challenges as opportunities, not deficits.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

I tell our students, it’s like tutoring,” she says. “If If you need help in math, you go get a tutor. We’re kind of your tutors for mental health.” I tell our students, it’s like tutoring. If you need help in math, you go get a tutor. We’re kind of your tutors for mental health.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. I got four certificates of appreciation from different departments, one of which was from a cultural community.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Federal and state policymakers have since suggested various solutions — from increasing access to tutoring to boosting teacher pay. Most of all, they set a school’s vision and culture. However, one of our greatest potential solutions is often missed in the national conversation: providing professional development for principals.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2021

Loosening tight controls to give students more voice and autonomy is not a death knell for school culture but can deepen learning. It might look like wraparound supports, experienced teachers, school psychologists, mentoring groups, tutoring and individualized attention. What would that look like?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Today’s blog explores how three grantees embraced a culture of learning around AI. For example, through a research partnership with the University of Toronto, the Puerto Rico Department of Education’s project implemented the Spanish version of the AI-powered personalized tutoring tool Khanmigo in two schools.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As the founder and CEO of the tutoring platform Outschool points out, there’s quite a big difference between a 17-year-old user and a 3-year-old user. But families wanted their younger kids to have access to age-appropriate classes on the tutoring site, too. Every content experience is embedded in a cultural or community framework.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When our children do not learn, we are forced to seek alternative solutions, but few of us can afford tutors or private schools with curriculums seated in the science of reading, and fewer still can afford to homeschool. We are forced to send our children to schools where these faulty products and methods are imposed on them.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2018

When they arrive on campus, college culture also makes a difference to the number of black and Hispanic students pursuing STEM degrees Experts and students say colleges and universities, especially STEM research institutions, aren’t doing enough to ensure that students of color don’t switch majors or drop out entirely. “The

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Student-athletes from one of our city’s HBCUs help with tutoring. I started The Movement after relocating to Nashville to follow my boss, who had been hand-picked to strengthen the school culture at Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary and to elevate the school’s academic performance. We exercise.

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ED Surge

MAY 17, 2022

Similar systems could work for embedded tutoring, health and wellness and advising, says Roeger of Elgin Community College. Tutoring, for example, during quarantine went from a process that required students to take care of scheduling and be physically on campus to one they could access remotely from their homes. “You

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2022

But rather than play-by-play news, readers sought analysis and commentary about how the crisis continues to change culture and conditions at colleges across the country. Young A company that ostensibly sells tutoring support raises questions about academic integrity. Young When a campus safety tool turns into a surveillance device.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Schools shift from a culture of isolation to one of collective support and shared responsibility. The conferences, attended by the students, their caregivers, teachers and a support coordinator, could easily feel intimidating and punitive. Yet the school begins each one with a deep dive into the student’s strengths and positive contributions.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

Closing opportunity gaps, especially among new majority populations, can be facilitated by the availability of well-trained, culturally responsive and resourced school counselors and college advisors. Counselors can become integral partners in driving equitable student outcomes and cultivating culturally responsive school systems.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2019

A retired math teacher who lived a half mile up the road from my family, he opened his home to me every Wednesday afternoon for tutoring. AARP’s Experience Corps , which engages older adults in tutoring elementary-aged children in high-need elementary schools, shows similar results for older children.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press One by one, they raced to a table where a tutor watched them scribble down the answers to multiplication questions before sprinting back to high-five their teammate. But she believes those gaps can be closed through culturally relevant and differentiated teaching.

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